They arrived early this morning. A man came to ask permission to settle in the enclosure behind the farmhouse and spend the night. Three horse-drawn carts. Leaning on the window, young Paul surveys the camp. The light from the fire makes the shadows dance. Suddenly, he glimpses a silhouette slipping towards the henhouse...
Kalia under the stars is a story against prejudices that tells of the friendship between a French peasant boy and a gypsy girl at the beginning of the 20th century, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's painting "The Wagons, a gypsy camp near Arles" .
Author: Didier Dufresne
Illustrator: Cecile Geiger
Recommended age: From 6 years.
Pages: 32
Format: 23.5 x 32 cm
Binding: Cardboard